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Chakaia Booker Biography
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1953 |
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Born Newark, New Jersey
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1976 |
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BA Sociology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
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1993 |
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MFA, The City College of New York, New York, New York
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1994 |
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Commission, NASA Art Program, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.
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1995 |
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Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant
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1995 |
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Artist in Residence, The Studio Museum of Harlem, New York, New York
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1997 |
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New York Foundation for the Arts – Gregory Millard Fellow (Recipient in Sculpture)
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1999 |
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The Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. Art Fund, Inc.
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2000 |
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Anonymous Was A Woman Grant
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2001 |
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American Academy of Arts and Letters
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2002 |
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Pollock-Krasner Award
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2005 |
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John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
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The artist lives in New York and works in Manhattan and Allentown, PA.
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2008
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Chakaia Booker, Marlborough Chelsea, November - December (solo)
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2008
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Chakaia Booker Sculptures, Indianapolis, Indiana, May 1, 2008 – April 1, 2009 (solo)
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2007 - 2008
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Painting and Sculpture, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, December 12, 2007 – February 9, 2008
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2007
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Brodsky Center Ball & Live Auction, Brodsky Center, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, January 13
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2007
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SCOPE New York 2007, Marlborough Gallery booth, February 22 – 27
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2007
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Wit and Whimsy, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, March 6 – March 31
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2007
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Chakaia Booker, Gallery 210, University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, October 4 – December 8 (solo)
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2006
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Chakaia Booker, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C., May 26 - September 4 (solo)
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2006
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Chakaia Booker, The Putney School, Putney, VT, September 15 – November 15 (solo)
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2006
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14th Annual Exhibit of Fine Art by African Americans, Art in the Atrium, Morristown, New Jersey
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2006
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American Perspectves: Highlights of Works by African American Artists, Flint Institute of Art, Flint, Michigan, April 1
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2005
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Closer to Home, The 48th Annual Corcoran Biennial, Washington, DC
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2005
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Over & Over: Passion As Process, Krannert Museum, Champaign, Illinois
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2005
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Chakaia Booker, Collins Art Gallery, Grand Rapids, Community College, Grand Rapids, MI (solo)
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2005
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Chakaia Booker, Lord & Taylor, New York, New York (solo)
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2005
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Chakaia Booker: Escultura, Galería Marlborough, Madrid, Spain (solo)
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2004
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Chakaia Booker: Jersey Ride, Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, New Jersey (solo)
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2004
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Unveiling the Image: Multicultural Woman Artists, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, New Jersey
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2004
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Los Monocromos de Malevich al presente, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, (curated by Barbara Rose), Madrid, Spain
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2003
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No More Milk and Cookies, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, New York (solo)
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2003
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New Loan Exhibition, Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York
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2002
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Memory and Metaphor, Walsh Library Gallery, Seton Hall University, New Jersey
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2002
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Serendipity, Laumeier Sculpture Park and Museum, St. Louis, Missouri (through 2004) (solo)
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2001
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New Sculptures, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, New York (solo)
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2001
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Material and Matter (selected works from the permanent collection), The Studio
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2000
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Whitney Biennial 2000, Whitney Museum of Art, New York, New York
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2000
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Chakaia Booker, Akron Art Museum, Akron, Ohio (solo)
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1999
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Industrial Subliminal-I-zation, Laumeier Sculpture Park and Museum, St. Louis, Missouri (solo)
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1999
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Passages: Contemporary Art in Transition, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, New York and The Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois
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1998
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Entitled: Black Women Artists, Skylight Gallery, Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Center for Art and Culture, Brooklyn, New York
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1998
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Not That Daughter, June Kelly Gallery, New York, New York (solo)
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1997
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Revelations, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, State University of New York, Purchase, New York (solo)
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1997
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Socrates Sculpture Park International 97, Long Island City, New York
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1996
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The 20th American Sculpture at the White House: A North East Region Exhibition,
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1996
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Sculpture, Max Protech Gallery, New York, New York (solo)
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1995
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The Observance Installation, York College, Jamaica, New York (solo)
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1994
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International 93-94, Part II, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, New York (through 1995)
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1993
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There It Is There It Is There It Is, 450 Gallery, New York, New York
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1984
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Hoard Not Your Soulful Creations, Thomkins Square Gallery, New York, New York
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